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Finance Act 2004

The Finance Act 2004 received Royal Assent on 22 July 2004. On this page you can find guidance, parliamentary papers, representations and other commentary on the Act's progress through parliament.

The Finance Act

Tax Faculty
Representations on the Finance Bill from ICAEW's Tax Faculty with their official responses.

Official Report of the House of Commons (Hansard)
Includes the Finance Bill debates in the following editions:

Select Committee on Economic Affairs, Sub-Committee on the Finance Bill (House of Lords)
The Committee released their report on the Finance Bill 2004 on Friday 25th June 2004. The full text of the report is available as HL Paper 109-I.

Finance Bill 2004
Text of the Finance Bill 2004 as amended in the Committee and in Standing Committee A on 24th June 2004.

Finance Bill in Standing Committee A
Archive of debates in the House of Commons Standing Committee A on the Finance Bill (6th May 2004-24th June).

Official Report of the House of Commons (Hansard)
Includes the Finance Bill debates in the following editions:

Finance Bill 2004 (Inland Revenue)
Archived section of the old Inland Revenue website with technical notes, regulatory impact assessments and other documents relating to the Finance Bill.

Finance Bill 2004 (HM Treasury)
Archived section of the old HM Treasury website with explanatory notes and clauses.

Articles and books in the ICAEW Library collection

Archive

The Library holds an extensive collection of Finance Acts (from the 19th century onwards), Finance Bills (from 1951 onwards), debates on the Finance Bill as recorded in Hansard, and Standing Committee Debates on the Finance Bills. Alongside this you can also find many publications from the ICAEW and other bodies on the Finance Bills and Acts.

For full details of our holdings in this area, see our guide to Finance Acts and Bills in the Library collection.

We also maintain an online archive of links and resources for Finance Acts 1980–1995 and for Finance Acts 1996–.

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